How to restore access to your Instagram Account
After numerous losses of access to Instagram accounts and dozens of requests (“What do I do, I’ve lost everything!”) i need to cover this topic in my blog.
How to Restore Your Instagram Password
Hello everyone who ever failed to authorize in Instagram!
One can face many access issues, and the majority of them are described in the official help article at https://help.instagram.com/1068717813216421/.
I’ve Tried Everything with No Results. What to Do?
Let’s make a list of possible issued that are not covered by the help article.
- You failed to enter your phone number.
This is often the cause of the problem. - You received a password reset e-mail but no account confirmation code.
Either Instagram deliberately does not send you the confirmation code in the absence of your phone number, or your e-mail services are blocking the letter. - You enter login and password, and nothing happens.
This is a widespread issue that is often caused by Internet or encryption settings. - Account is not found, or user is inactive.
Perhaps, Instagram has requested a phone confirmation, and your account is temporarily unavailable and invisible. Or you have been banned.
Fixing Access Issues
There is a single solution for issues 1 and 2. Open Instagram on your phone and do the following:
- Enter the login of the account you need to restore access to.
- Select Get Help Signing.
- After than you will see the form similar to that in the screenshot below. Select Other Issues… This button is difficult to notice. It is located under the big Send Login Link button.
- Fill in the form and send. Be ready to provide confirmation documents and even a photo of yourself with a code (send by the technical support team) written on a sheet of paper.
If no form is shown, change the phone, reset your password as many times as possible, select Log in With Facebook, etc.
Remember, the form is your only chance!
Pay attention: this procedure works for iPhone only!
To resolve the third issue on the list, change the device or Internet, or delete the application and install it again several times.
Avoiding the Loss of Access to Your Instagram Account
- Fill in the Phone field in the profile!
- Connect your account to Facebook.
- The e-mail address specified in your account should be active, reliable, and always available!
- Always write down authorization data.
- If possible, try not to register accounts to Google corporate e-mail.
- Use password generators to create passwords (no less than 8 characters including letters in both cases and numbers).
- Before any precarious actions (like linking the profile to new software) authorize your account in the web version of Instagram.
- Don’t authorize in the account when you are on vacation or abroad (or do it at your own risk). Enter your account from your phone and don’t exit it when traveling or flying somewhere. Instagram will be likely to ask you for account confirmation, and you won’t be able to do it.
Take care.
